shew you darkly and briefly what are the torments of Hell First by the names of it Secondly by the sad state thou wilt be in if thou comest there First the names It is called a never dying worm Mark 9. It is called an oven â—ire hot Mal. 4.1 It is called a furnace a fiery furnace Mat. 13. It is called the bottomless pit the unquenchable fire fire and brimstone hell fire the lake of fire devouring fire everlasting fire eternal fire a stream of fire Rev. 21. First one part of thy torments will be this thou shalt have a full sight of all thy ill-spent life from first to last though here thou canst sin to day and forget it by to morrow yet there thou shalt be made to remember how thou didst sin against God at such a time and in such a place for such a thing and with such an one which will be an hell unto thee 2. Thou shalt have the guilt of them all lie heavy on thy soul not onely the guilt of one or two but the guilt of them all together and there they shall lie in thy soul as if thy belly were full of pitch and set on a light fire Now here men can sometimes think on their sins with delight but there with unspeakable torment for that I understand to be the fire that Christ speaketh of which shall never be quenched Mark while men live here O how doth the guilt of one sin sometimes crush the soul it makes a man in such plight that he is weary of his life so that he can neither rest at home nor abroad neither up nor in bed Nay I do know that they have been so tormented with the guilt of one sinful thought that they have béen even at their wits end But now when thou comest into hell and hast not onely one or two or an hundred sine with the guilt of them all on thy soul and body but all the sins that ever thou didst commit since thou camest into the world all together clapt on thy conscience at one time as one should clap a red hot iron to thy breasts and there to continue to all eternity this is miserable 3. Again then thou shalt have brought to thy remembrance the slighting of the Gospel of Christ here now thou shalt consider how willing Christ was to come into the world to save sinners and for what a trifle thou didst reject him This is plainly held forth in Isa 28. where speaking of the Lord Iesus Christ the foundation of salvation ver 16. he saith of them that reject the Gospel that when the overflowing scourge doth pass through the earth which I understand to be at the end of the world then saith he It shall take you morning by morning by day adn by night shall it pass over you that is continually without any intermission Now these are the words I aim at where he saith And shall be a vexation onely to hear the report A vexation that is a torment or a great part of hell onely to understand the report that is to understand the good tidings that came into the world by Christs death for poor sinners and you will finde this to be verily the minde of the Spirit if you compare it with Isa 53.1 where he speaks of mens turning their backs upon the tenders of Gods grace in the Gospel he saith Who hath believed our report or the Gospel declared by us Now this will be a torment to the ungodly when they shall understand the goodness of God was so great that he even sent his Son out of his bosom to dye for sinners and yet that they should be so foolish as to put him off from one time to another that they should be so foolish as to lose heaven and Christ and eternal life in glory for the society of a company of Drunkards that they should lose their souls for a little sport for this world for a strumpet for that which is lighter then vanity and nothing I say this will be a very great torment unto thee 4. Another part of thy torment will be this thou shalt see thy friends thy acquaintance thy neighbours nay it may be thy father thy mother thy wife thy husband thy children thy brother thy sister with others in the kingdom of heaven and thy self thrust out And this is that that Christ told the Iews would befall them in Luke 13.28 There shall be weeping c. when you shall see Abraham your Father and Isaac and Jacob together with your Brethren the Prophets in the Kingdom of Heaven and your selves thrust out Nay saith he There shall come from the East and from the West that is those that thou didst never see in all thy life before and shall sit down with thy friends and thy neighbours thy wife and thy children in the Kingdom of Heaven and thou for thy sins and disobedience shalt be shut nay thrust out O wonderful torment 5. Again thou shalt have none but a company of damned souls with an innumerable company of huge devils to kéep company with thee While thou art in this world the very thoughts of the devils appearing to thee makes thy flesh to tremble and thine hair ready to stand upright on thy head But O what wilt thou do when not onely the supposition of the devils appearing but the real society of all the devils in hell to be with thee howling and roaring sâ—â—â—eching and yelling in such a hideous manner that thou wilt be even at thy with end and be ready to run stark mad again for anguish and torment 6. Again that thou mightest be tormented to purpose the mighty God of heaven will lay as great wrath and vengeance upon thee as ever he can by the might of his glorious power As I said before Thou shalt have his wrath not by drops no. but by whole showres shall it come thunder thunder upon thy body and soul so fast and so thick that thou shalt be tormented out of measure And so saith the Scripture 2 Thes 1.9 speaking of the wicked Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power when the Saints shall be admiring his goodness and glory Again this thou shalt have as I said before without and intermission thou shalt not have any ease so long as while am n may turn himself round thou shalt have it alwayes every hour day and night for their worm never dyes but alwayes gnaws and their fire is never quenched As it is written in Mark 9. 7. Again in this condition thou must be for ever and that is as sad as all the rest For if a man were have all his sins laid to his charge and communion with the devils and as much wrath as the great God of heaven can inflict upon them I say if it were but for a time even ten thousand years if then it might have an end there would be ground of
dye the Devil presently claims their souls the breath is no sooner gone but the Soul is in Hell These three Points of Doctrine I shall first prove unto you from Scritpure evidence and shew you that it is so and then in the second place I shall endeavour to improve them by way of Vse and Application for the spiritual improvement of your precious and immortal souls And the first Point to be proved is this that there is both a Heaven and a Hell in handling of which I shall first shew you that it is so that there is both a Heaven and a Hell And secondly what this Heaven and Hell is That there is both a Heaven and a Hell is a truth believed in all ages denied by none but Atheists and such as deny God and they that dare deny this truth will not dare also to deny God himself The truth of this Point is so clear that it néeds no proof it being as clear as the Sun at Noonday so that he that runs may read it the Text it self doth clearly prove this truth Dives being in Hell sees Lazarus in Abrahams bosome Dives he never minded Hell so as to prevent it but Dives he now findes a Hell so as never to escape it That there is a Hell see that place in Psalm 9.17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the Nations that forget God It is better saith our Saviour in Matthew 5.30 to lose one eye rather then our whole body should enter into hell That of our Saviour in the 10. of Matthew and the 28. verse is a clear proof of this Point Fear not him which can kill the body but is not able to kill the soul but rather fear him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell which clearly proves that there is a Hell wherein both soul and body shall be destroyed Secondly that there is a Heaven a place of Glory for the Saints in the world to come you may sée if you consider these following Scriptures Psal 58.11 Verily there is a reward for the righteous And this was that which did put Moses upon chusing Christ the Text saith Heb. 11.26 He had respect to the recompence of reward Psal 37.24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel saith David and afterward receive me to glory This made the believing Hebrews Heb. 10.34 rejoyce in having their goâ—ds spoâ—â—ed and taken away the Apostle saith they knew in themselves that they had in Heaven a better and a more induring substance We know saith the Apostle 2 Cor. 5.1 that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens Rejoyce saith our Saviour and leap for joy for behold your reward is great in Heaven Luke 6.24 Sell all saith our Saviour and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven Luke 18.22 This day saith our Saviour to the Penitent Thief shalt thou be with me in Paradice Luke 23.43 and Chap. 24.51 our Saviour after his Resurrection is there said to be carried up into Heaven So in the 16. of Mark our Saviour being risen and appearing to his Discipâ—e◠〈◊〉 said in the 19. vâ—â—se After he had spoken 〈◊〉 them he was received up into heaven and sate at the right hand of God Consider these Scriptures and surely thou wilâ— believe that there is both a Heaven and a Hell Now what this Heaven is I shall endeavour to declare unto you but had I the tongue of men and Angels it were not possible for me fully to declare unto you the glory thereof for as the Apostle saith excellently Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither hath iâ— entered into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 If all the stars in the firmament of heaven were all Suns saith a godly man now in glory they would be but a dark shadow to the glory of heaven and therefore it s reserved for eternity to be known But to give you a little glimpse of this glory and I shall but shew you as it were the out-side of your Fathers house the inside or rather the perfection of all you shall know when you come to the enjoyment of it And this I shall briefly shew 1. Negatively 2. Comparatively and 3. Positively And for the negative part of this glory there shall be no evil the Saints in Heaven shall be freed from all evil from sin and that 's the greatest evil yea the evil of evils the people of God in Heaven shall be freed from all hardness of heart blindness of minde â—uâ—ness of spirit there they shall serve God freely and fully and as they shall be freed from the evil of sin so they shall be delivered from all possibility of sinning which is when the happiness of God himself 1. In Heaven there shall be no sorrow sorrow shall there flee away and although through many tribulations we must enter into Heaven yet in Heaven there shall be no tribulation nor sorrow there all tears shall be wiped away from our eyes and there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor pain no sickness in heaven no deformity nor crookedness in glory no consumptions nor decaying of our bodies no persecutions nor oppressions there in Heaven the Saints shall be beyond the reach of the Devil and all his instruments in this world the Saints meet with troubles and griefs and persecutions and distresses but in the world to come in Heaven they shall be done away 2. For the Comparative part of this glory 1. It is infinitely more then what we have here here we know but in part but in Heaven we shall know as we are known We shall be like God and we shall see him as he is 1 John 3.2 2. It s beyond the happiness of Adam in Paradice in Paradice Adams body was but mortal but in Heaven the bodies of the Saints are all immortal for Christ will change our vile bodies and make them like unto his glorious body Phil. 3.21 3. The glory of the Saints in heaven shall be beyond the glory of all the most glorious Angels for they are more nearly united to Christ they are the friends the brethren of Christ co-heirs with Christ they shall be made one with Christ John 17.23 Christ took not on him the nature of Angels Unto which of the Angels said he at any time thou art my Son Heb. 1.5 3. For the positive part of the glory of Heaven and this you may see in these particulars First In heaven there shall bâ— perfection of their nature our body shall then be made like the glorious body of Christ every soul shall then have one incorruptible body there shall be no more death there shall be a perfection of soul and body Secondly they shall possess and enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven even the heaven of heavens they shall be lifted uâ—
above the spangled firmament which is â—â—t the lower paâ—ement of our Favors hâ—use and this should comfort such of Gods people as with poor Lazarus have 〈◊〉 possessions here they shall possess heavens and 〈◊〉 all the glory thereof which is better then the enjoyment of all the world 〈◊〉 the glory of Heaven is eternal Thirdly They shall â—â—jâ—y God himself which shall be the glory of all for â—as one saith sweetly Heaven would â—he no Heaven were it not for the presence of God In thy presence is light and at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore and this must needs fill our soul with glory for the presence of God fills Heaven with Glory O what a glorious being shall the Saints have in glory when God himself shall be their glory for they shall have â—â—â—on and communion with God and Christ Saints and Angels so to all eternity Thus much briefly of the glory of Heaven The next thing I have to do is briefly to inform you what Hell is And in the first place it 's a place of darkness even utter darkness a place of pain and sorrow of endless anâ— easeless woe as you may clearly seâ— by the words of the Text I am tormented in this flame saith Dives there 's no coming from thence out of Helâ— there 's no redemption it s called iâ—â— Scripture a lake which burneth with fire and brimstone Rev. 20.14 15. So that dreadful place in Rev. 21.8 the fearful unbelieving abominable murderer whore mongers sorcerers idolaters and all ly anâ— shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone a place of everlasting darkness where thâ— Devils are bound in chains Jude 6. 〈◊〉 place of everlasting woe Sée the dreadful sentence against the wicked at the great day Depart from the ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels Mat. 25.4 The torments of hell as they are easeless so they are endless when the damned in hell have undergone the wrath of God ten thousand times then thousand millions of years they shall be as far from having an end as they were at the first it was an excellent comparison which I have heard from a godly and learned Divine speaking of the everâ—asting torments of Hell If saith he 〈◊〉 barn or some other great place should â—e filled top full of the purest wheat and a bird should come once every thouâ—and years and fetch away a corn there might at last be an end of all the barn might at last be emptied but as for â—he torments of hell they have no end â—en thousand times ten thousand milâ—ions of dayes doth not at all shorten â—he misery and torments of the damned Consider this all you that are ungodly â—est living and dying in your sins ye also come to this place of torment FINIS Courteous Reader THere is lately published an excellent and profitable Sermon called Christs first Sermon or The necessity duty and practice of Repentance opened and applied Also Christs last Sermon or The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come Likewise the Christians best Garment or The putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ And the Christians blessed Choice Very godly Books and are but three pence price There are likewise eight other small Books all of them very godly and very comfortable for thy soul One is entituled Englands Faithful Physician The second Dooms-day at hand The third the dreadful character of a drunkard The fourth The Father last Blessing to his children The fifth The sin of Pride arraigned and condemned The sixth The Charitable Christian The seventh The Plain Mans Plain Path-way to Heaven The eight the Black Book of Conscience All very necessary for these licentious times and each of them being but of two pence price They are to be sold by John Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner